Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:

Poolaghbahaun
Poll a baláin

Description:

It is a hole or point at which the water sinks at the time of the Turlough being dried up.

Situation:

It is situated in the N. W. side of Bullaun townland.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:

Poll or Poul, a hole in the ground or river or bog, an excavation, a cavern : sometimes made Pollach, like smolach, from Smol: see vol. ii. p. 5.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:

A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169